Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) - Specifications

Grade 4

Effective September 2007.

Changes and Revisions

• Refer to the 2008 Changes and Revisions regarding booklet format information and general changes to the Foundation Skills Assessment

Specifications

• The Tables of Specifications (34 KB) provide information on how the Grade 4 foundation skills will be assessed. The Table of Specifications provides weightings for sub-categories within Reading, Writing and Numeracy.

FSA is based on a sampling of the foundation skills students have learned developmentally and cumulatively. Foundation skills at Grade 4 reflect student learnings from K-4.

• Description (30 KB) of the Assessment provides information on the assessment components and process.

• FSA Curriculum Connections links to the IRPs for Grade 4 Language Arts and Mathematics.

• FSA Categories (30 KB) provide a description of the Reading Category, Writing Category, and Numeracy Strands.

• FSA Scoring Guides (378 KB) provide information about holistic scoring for Reading , Writing and Numeracy.

Samples

• FSA Samples show the format of an assessment and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.